Configuring the Display
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Time and Date item
The screen item will display the text representation of the current time and date.
Sub items
The text item uses the following specific sub-items:
Sub index Description type
Sub 5 Style flags. Control specific appearance settings. U16
Sub 6 Data 1. Text font. U16
Sub 7 Data 2. N/A U16
Sub 8 Data 3. N/A 16
Sub 9 Data 4. N/A 16
Sub 10 Data 5. N/A 16
Sub 11 Data 6. N/A U32
Sub 5 – Style flags
The style flags are contained within an u16 item. The flags help to define which component
parts of the data and time are displayed, and also the format to be applied. Represented as
binary, msb at the left, the object is constructed as shown below. ‘u’ indicates that the bit is
unused.
Sub 6 – Text font
The text font can be selected from the same fonts detailed in the data object text item.
Refer to “Data Object Text Item, sub 6”.
0 = 2 digits for the year
=
0000 = date then time displayed
0001 = time then date displayed
0010 = time only
0 = month with word “24 June 11”
1 = month as number “24/6/11”
u u u u u u u y n u u u u z z z z